President’s Statement 22nd April 2020

Amidst the public health emergency, life still goes on and it was turn to make a general update statement to the States’ Assembly on 22nd April. This is what I said. Sir, Before making this statement I thought I’d look back at what I said in my last one back…

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Capacity Law passed by the States

I was so delighted that I was able to present the Projet de Loi to the States Assembly in April 2020. It has taken many years to get there and a lot of hard work. This is one of things I am most proud of having achieved as a People’s…

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COVID press briefing 20th April 2020

I made the following statement at the press briefing on 20th April. Well, since last Friday a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes to ensure that we are in a good place come the end of the week when we hope to be able to start…

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COVID press briefing 17th April 2020

I made the following statement at the press briefing on 17th April. As Gavin has said, we are in a very good place. Because we took action early and thanks to the fantastic support of islanders as GuernseyTogether, the curve has been flattened.  It is because of that we hope…

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COVID press briefing 15th April 2020

I made the following statement at the press briefing on 15th April. I’d like to start with a very big thank you to a number of our health and care family who haven’t been mentioned that much during this crisis but who have had an incredibly important role to play…

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COVID press briefing 7th April 2020

I made the following statement at the press briefing on 7th April. As Gavin has said, we need to continue with lockdown until 23:59 on Saturday 18th April, in order that we get a better idea where things are going. However, it is apparent that, aside from the clusters in…

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COVID press briefing 1st April 2020

This is what I said at the press briefing on 1st April. Just following up on what Gavin, said, I’d like to thank everyone who has sent us such kind messages of support. They really are appreciated. It’s been an intense and surreal few weeks and those messages have really…

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COVID press briefing 30th March 2020

This is what I said at the press briefing on 30th March. Now I am going to start with a few positive points. Firstly, we have stopped charging for all Emergency Department appointments for anyone presenting with COVID-19 symptoms. No one must be prevented from getting the treatment they need…

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COVID press briefing 24th March 2020 – Lockdown

The statement I made at this press briefing followed an intense few hours and days as we considered the evidence with regard to what was happening with the spread of COVID-19. It was clear that we could not rely on the testing from the UK, that the fact we had…

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COVID press briefing 23rd March 2020

This is what I said at the press briefing on 23rd March. At our last press conference on Friday we advised that we had an additional positive case. Since then, the number of positives have risen to 20. I can understand why people may feel anxious about this – a…

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